O c'mon! Yes, Dean was biased through the whole match and had a bad day generally, but Stephens' red card was actually fully deserved. Going studs up, hips high, hitting the man - that's a straight red in any league, end of story. Stephens was simply stupid. Overall, Hughton got this game plan...
Ref might have indeed, still, Stephens had his leg stretched out straight ahead, hip's heigth, studs up, hitting the man. Clearly a red. It was ****ing stupid of Stephens.
What this team clearly and oviously lacks is a couple of good sports psychologists.
Yes, we did play badly. Passing is shitty because we're outnumbered everywhere we turn. We're facing some pretty good counterpressing, and are panicking because we're denied any space during attacking transitions.